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Office Workers Who Won $1 Million in Lottery to Generously Share Winnings With Colleague Who Didn't Buy Ticket

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:02:42 +0000

There are about a million reasons why Jennifer Maldonado has the best coworkers in the world. Maldonado’s colleagues at Keller Williams Partner Realty in Plantation, Florida are sharing their $1 million Powerball prize with her, even though she didn’t go in on any tickets. And you think the guy in your office who springs for [...]

The Other Winner of That Big Powerball Prize? The I.R.S. — Dollars and Sense

Chris Chaberski — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:27:52 +0000

On Wednesday, the Powerball lottery reached a record $587.5 million. So far two winning tickets have been announced, one in Arizona and one in Missouri. But there's at least one more guaranteed winner: the Internal Revenue Serv

Would You Quit Your Job If You Won the Lottery? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:21:48 +0000

According to a new survey from CouponCabin.com of 2,570 adults, 50 percent play the lottery. And of that percentage, 65 percent would continue to live frugally it they happened to win big. But would a frugal life include keeping their job and continuing to draw their salary? Maybe not so much. The survey found that only 36 percent would remain at their current [...]

Retired Illinois Couple Claims Share of Mega Millions Jackpot [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:40:02 +0000

Merle and Patricia Butler, a retired couple in their 60s from the small town of Red Bud, IL, stepped forward on Wednesday to claim their share of the record-breaking $656 million Mega Millions jackpot.

Teenager Finds Winning Lottery Ticket After Mom Makes Him Clean Room

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:45:17 +0000

Ryan Kitching’s mom had been nagging him to clean his room, as moms tend to do. When the 19-year-old from Midlothian, Scotland finally relented and attacked the mess, he found 12 old lottery tickets.

Figuring they must all be losers, he thought about throwing the tickets out with the rest of the junk. But then he had a “strange feeling” that he should check the numbers, and when he did, he was nearly $85,000 richer.

Janitor Wins $3.4 Million Lottery — and Continues to Be A Janitor [VIDEO]

Amory Gritta — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:00:06 +0000

Tyrone Curry doesn’t have to wake up at 4 a.m. and mop the floors at Evergreen High School in Seattle. Not after the custodian won the Washington State lottery to the tune of $3.41 million five years ago. Curry stayed on because he was happy with his life. “I’m just Joe Citizen,” he told ‘Today.’ [...]

Man Finds $9 Million Lottery Ticket in the Nick of Time

Amory Gritta — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:30:34 +0000

Doing your taxes is a pain, and many people put off their preparation until right before the mid-April filing date. Chicago man Irving Przyborski is certainly grateful he got a bit of a jump on his 2010 taxes .

That's because when Przyborski went into his tax files last week, he found a lottery ticket he had bought almost a year before among the paperwork. When Przyborski checked the numbers, he realized he was a winner to the tune of $9 million dollars!